Might as well send this thread into a tangent...not like it's never happened before
Perhaps this has been discussed elsewhere but doesn't anyone else see the connection every-time counterfeiting come's up?
Two real contenders are Panda/ASE - ok then why?
Well IMHO both countries are the 'centre' creation of the coming collapse - one was the enabler and the other the creator. Post crash, the citizens of these two countries will flock to 'real' money which they expect originated from within there borders legally. Good reason to hold them then? perhaps but not for this black duck. The premiums are likely to be huge compared to other rounds,which will fuel the counterfeiters attempt to perfect there craft of deception. I expect many to get caught out.
Less internationally attracted rounds like Perth mint and other's are likely to sail through,being less attractive for the risk being taken by the counterfeiter. After all, death penalty is a pretty strong deterrent. For me,I prefer to stack these even if my premium return is less - difficult to do a F2F trade if the buyer doesn't have a XRF machine handy.
Picked up a stack of counterfeit Panda's covering every year from 1982 to 2011. Some are pathetic, but some are pretty impressive. I accept 'Pandaperts' could pick the real from fake but what if you don't have one handy? buy a megga dollar XRF? there goes the reason for buying them in the first place. To put the Panda lovers at peace, these better copies have no face value (i.e 10 Yuan) which stood out to me immediately...but add this to the presses die and you are starting to get 65% or better people tricked.
ASE fakes are real - go lash out and buy some to see the level of detail. Plenty of places to go including the bay. But they have 'copy' printed on them? hmmm any half decent machinist can alter that die in minutes then there not...
Not hear to spread fear or fuel conflict - just a simple stackers observation towards a very concerning trend developing...